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Somewhere within the rainbow of color is where you’ll find thousands of festival goers this holiday weekend.
Lisle is playing host to its 30th annual Eyes to the Skies festival Friday, June 29, to Sunday, July 1, — a weekend of hot-air balloons, en...
Updated: Jun 28, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Go dogs, go!
All varieties of “wiener dogs,” including dachshunds, basset hounds, corgis and “wiener shape” mixes, are invited to race at the Fifth Annual Dachshund Derby at Petland, 815 E. Rollins Road, Round Lake Beach. All breeds of dogs are...
Updated: Jun 25, 2012 at 07:17 AM
Long Grove Strawberry Fest
The annual Long Grove Strawberry Fest, at the crossroads of Old McHenry and Robert Parker Coffin roads in downtown Long Grove, showcases strawberry-devoted treats, entertainment and more. Other highlights include acti...
Updated: Jun 24, 2012 at 07:33 AM
'Hunger' how-do
Die-hard fans of “The Hunger Games” won't want to miss stars from the film like Jacqueline Emerson, Amandla Stenberg and more at the Fiction2Film convention this weekend at the Westin O'Hare Hotel, 6100 River Road, Rosemont. $15...
Updated: Jun 22, 2012 at 04:07 PM
It’s a lesson in the dangers of unintended consequences, by nearly every account. And if you own a home in suburban Cook County, you’re probably paying more as a result.
A change in Cook County’s property tax assessment system in 2008, proposed by t...
Published: Jun 15, 2012 at 06:00 AM
The Lombard Fire Department has a few new faces, and the Lombard community has a few new lifesaving devices after a recent series of promotions and automatic external defibrillator giveaways.
Three new firefighters were sworn in and Lt. Paul DiRienz...
Updated: Jun 13, 2012 at 04:49 PM
Nearly every weekend this summer, hundreds of people will fight cancer with each step they take.
As they circle high school tracks or walk through parks, they’ll insist they won’t stop until there’s a cure for the disease. They’ll walk through the n...
Updated: Jun 12, 2012 at 03:56 PM
You’d think local Democrats might be hard-pressed to recruit someone to take on Republican Congressman Peter Roskam, an incumbent with a $2 million war chest and a leadership position in the GOP-controlled House. That wasn’t the case this ...
Updated: Jun 11, 2012 at 06:30 AM
Fatjona Aliaj
Willowbrook High School
Hometown:Lombard
Parents:Ilirjan Aliaj and Mirjana Aliaj
Sponsor:Dan Krause, principal
Class rank:5 out of 526
GPA:4.6596, weighted 4.0 scale
Test scores:ACT: 25
Planned major:Biochemistry, molecular biology, m...
Updated: May 27, 2012 at 07:27 AM
Battle of Bands winner:
Food & Fire won the recent Naperville Park District Youth Ambassadors’ Battle of the Bands contest and, in the process, earned a spot on the Ribfest stage July 3 in Knoch Park near downtown. The band also will represent the p...
Updated: May 24, 2012 at 10:44 PM